As long as he can remember, local musician Dustan Sheehan has been in love with ’50s and ’60s pop culture—specifically, old horror movies and early rock ‘n’ roll.
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Relaxing in a sensory deprivation tank is like returning to the womb (sort of) 
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Stellar Corpses
3-D Revolution
Two UCSC students carve a niche in the world of 3-D printing with an affordable new device
Mars Enters Scorpio: The Nine Tests
Over the years I’ve mentioned the nine tests of Mars and Scorpio. The tests are given to everyone—unawakened, beginning to awaken, and the awakened. The purpose is to test our strength, courage, ability to adapt, discriminate and have discernment. To see if we are deceived by illusion or are “warriors triumphant, emerging from the battle.”
Briefs: Just for Funds, Splash Dance
Just For Funds
Film, Times & Events: Week of July 18
Films This Week
Check out the movies playing around town.
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What is the most outrageous thing you did as a kid?
At 16, I’d disconnect the speedometer on my dad’s ’58 Mercury Monterey and drag race with it.
Phyllis Cameron
Santa Cruz | Retired
The Billy Martini Show
Rock ‘n’ roller Billy Martini doesn’t just have a band—he has a show. The distinction is important. It’s even right there in his name, the Billy Martini Show. He and his band don’t just stand up on stage playing a bunch of rock songs; they have backup dancers, costumes and audience participation.
Loma Prieta’s Pinotage
Although drinking alone is not half as much fun as drinking with others, after a busy day of dashing around, I came home and poured myself a glass or two of Loma Prieta’s Pinotage 2010 (saving a bit for my husband). There’s something about taking that first sip of a worthy wine that gives one an all-over glow.
Stellar Corpses
As long as he can remember, local musician Dustan Sheehan has been in love with ’50s and ’60s pop culture—specifically, old horror movies and early rock ‘n’ roll. He’s been marrying these two obsessions the past decade with his horror-punk group Stellar Corpses. They wear dark clothes, sport an upright bass and sing a ton of...
3-D Revolution
Two UCSC students carve a niche in the world of 3-D printing with an affordable new device It’s so transformative to design something on the computer, and then be able to make it into a real object,” says 23-year-old Bar Smith, inventor of what could be the world’s most affordable CNC router. Operating like an automated...
From The Editor
Plus Letters To the Editor Marin Alsop took over as music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in 1992, just a couple of years after I came to Santa Cruz, and I wrote about her in one of my first music stories for the Register-Pajaronian not long after. It was very early in...
Mars Enters Scorpio: The Nine Tests
Over the years I’ve mentioned the nine tests of Mars and Scorpio. The tests are given to everyone—unawakened, beginning to awaken, and the awakened. The purpose is to test our strength, courage, ability to adapt, discriminate and have discernment. To see if we are deceived by illusion or are “warriors triumphant, emerging from the battle.” During...
Float On
Relaxing in a sensory deprivation tank is like returning to the womb (sort of) Inside the watery pod lovingly referred to as “Flo” by her owners, I open my eyes to the type of darkness usually reserved for blacked-out basements. And tombs, my brain reminds me. Though I surveyed every inch of Flo before I climbed...
Briefs: Just for Funds, Splash Dance
Just For Funds Last week’s city council meeting began with a song and dance led by the Santa Cruz Follies, but eventually devolved into audible groans of exasperation from community members. The source of unrest? The debate over campaign finance reform in Santa Cruz, which came to a thudding halt when councilmember Micah Posner’s latest campaign...
Film, Times & Events: Week of July 18
Films This WeekCheck out the movies playing around town.With: Reviews, Movie Times click here.Santa Cruz area movie theaters > ....... New This WeekLIFE ITSELF Documentary filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) compiles this biographical doc on the late Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, pioneer of the dueling critics TV format, and courageous cancer warrior, based on...
What is the most outrageous thing you did as a kid?
At 16, I’d disconnect the speedometer on my dad’s ’58 Mercury Monterey and drag race with it.Phyllis CameronSanta Cruz | Retired Sneaking into Santa Cruz High and skinny dipping.Diego Diaz-LundquistSanta Cruz | Unemployed During my teen years I would jump into walls and drink whiskey.Richard...
The Billy Martini Show
Rock ‘n’ roller Billy Martini doesn’t just have a band—he has a show. The distinction is important. It’s even right there in his name, the Billy Martini Show. He and his band don’t just stand up on stage playing a bunch of rock songs; they have backup dancers, costumes and audience participation. “There’s a theatrical element,”...
Loma Prieta’s Pinotage
Although drinking alone is not half as much fun as drinking with others, after a busy day of dashing around, I came home and poured myself a glass or two of Loma Prieta’s Pinotage 2010 (saving a bit for my husband). There’s something about taking that first sip of a worthy wine that gives one an all-over glow. ...